I agree, and I apologize to all involved whom I might have offended in this thread.
Whether or not I'm even partially justified in my now-extreme frustration is irrelevant. The "Amiga situation" is pretty much frustrating for everyone in every direction. In my case, the frustration is compounded by personal issues as well as the continued trolling and abuse by certain members of the site, as well as the different perspectives held by different people.
I also perhaps perceive MorphOS supporters as being on the defensive since Genesi dropped MorphOS where such a stance might not exist for certain individuals. I really guess I should stop reading the other troll-guided "Amiga" sites because it really, really upsets me on a personal level to see former friends moronically tearing each other apart in a stupid "us versus them" war.
There is no way to "force" everyone to behave like the Amiga community of 1989, and I just need to give up the ideals that anyone can (or even should) agree on the issues involved here.
Just think about this (as I promise I will try to in the future) before posting. Every one of the companies involved has serious problems. All of them. In most cases, the problems experienced by each company are even very similar to the others (no money, no market). Amiga Inc? Logistically bankrupt. Genesi? Logistically bankrupt. Eyetech's board? problematic. MorphOS? homeless. I could continue, but why? Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to start a fight here. My only point is that these problems DO exist, if only in perception.
As such, since all known problems have been on the table for years now -- even if some of them are just coming to public light -- is there any real reason to continue dredging up all the crap of the past?
Neither AI(KMOS)/Eyetech/Hyperion or Genesi/bPlan/MOS-team will succeed if we don't stop trying to rabidly defend them by beating up on the "other" side. Wherein I think I got confused was that I was trying to force people to stop slamming either group, but that came (falsely) across as "blindly defending Eyetech".
Let me say something, and try to be as clear about it as possible. I don't "support" any of the companies involved. I hope all are successful, but there will be winners and there will be losers. My best hope is that everyone involved will drop the ego-driven {bleep} and work together to create a cheap, standardized computer for everyone. Since I have a better chance of selling ice cream cones in Hell, I guess there's really no chance of that happening. Sad really...
In the last few weeks due to problems in my own life, I have seemingly forgotten the first rule, and that is to try and understand as well as respect different perspectives of the site's members. For that, I apologize.
Wayne